Hypertension is a common chronic disease around us. In the past, it seemed that only the elderly people had it, but now it is more and more common among young people. When the blood pressure control of hypertensive patients is stable at ordinary times, they look the same as ordinary people, and their lives are not affected much. But once the blood pressure fluctuates, it will cause great disaster.

Therefore, patients with hypertension must take antihypertensive drugs for a long time to control their blood pressure, and can't stop taking them at will, so as not to endanger their health. After taking the medicine, in order to maintain the efficacy, we must pay attention to diet taboos.

1. Spicy food

In fact, whether it is antihypertensive drugs or other drugs, it is not suitable to eat spicy food after taking it. Because spicy food can stimulate brain nerves, make blood vessels contract rapidly, and make blood pressure rise suddenly, which is not conducive to maintaining blood pressure stability.

furthermore, eating spicy food immediately after taking antihypertensive drugs will also cause gastrointestinal damage and affect your health.

2, too salty food

To prevent hypertension, we should stay away from high-salt food. Because too salty food will make the body consume too much sodium, which will easily induce atherosclerosis and lead to edema in the body. Moreover, the purpose of taking antihypertensive drugs is to control blood pressure well, but too much salt intake will hinder the absorption of drugs, so taking drugs will not achieve the desired effect.

So don't think that you can eat as you like just after taking antihypertensive drugs. Some things need to be paid more attention to in order to make the drugs play their greatest role.

3. Animal liver

You can't eat animal liver immediately after taking antihypertensive drugs. Because of the high cholesterol content in animal liver, it will affect the stability of blood pressure, and there is a substance called tyramine in animal liver that has a booster effect, which will reduce the efficacy.

Especially when taking some antihypertensive drugs, eating animal liver can also stimulate the secretion of adrenaline, leading to increased peripheral vascular resistance, which is easy to cause headaches, nausea, palpitations and dizziness.

4. Grapefruit

Although grapefruit has the function of lowering blood pressure, you should not eat it after taking the medicine. Because this will lead to a sudden drop in blood pressure under the dual role of blood pressure reduction, which will lead to hypotension. Excessive blood pressure fluctuation will increase the burden on the heart and affect the elasticity of the blood vessel wall, so you must remember to stay away from grapefruit after taking the medicine.

Not only that, people who take hypolipidemic drugs can't eat grapefruit immediately, which will lead to muscle pain and kidney disease, and people who take allergic drugs should be careful, which may lead to sudden death.

1. Ensure proper exercise

Although hypertensive patients need more rest, rest does not mean that they can't move at all. Maintaining proper exercise is helpful to stabilize blood pressure. However, patients with hypertension should not choose too strenuous exercise, and they can do some soothing exercises. As long as they persist for a long time, it will also help promote blood circulation, help the body detoxify and enhance the elasticity of blood vessels.

2. Pay attention to diet conditioning

Pay attention to keeping the diet light, low in salt and sugar, less greasy, and drink plenty of water, which is helpful to reduce blood viscosity and maintain blood vessel health.

In a word, hypertension is a headache, but as long as you follow the doctor's advice, take medicine on time, insist on moderate exercise, pay attention to diet and keep happy, you will not reduce your quality of life and live like a normal person.